Windlass-winding attachment.



No. 654,429. 7 Patented July 24, I900. W. A. M. BABTZ.

WINDLASS WINDING ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 28, 1900.) N o M o d 01.)

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WILLIAM A. M. BARTZ, OF GRAFTON, IOIVA.

WlNDLASS-WINDING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,429, dated July 24,1900.

Application filed April 28,1900. Serial No. 14,676- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, .WILLIAM A. M. BARTZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grafton, in the county of North and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindlass-WindingAttachments, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My improvement is a Windlass attachment such as used for operatingthreshing-machinesin the field; and the construction of the attachmentis such that the winding-reel can be easily set and keyed on the frontaxle, so as to carry the reel in front, so that the cable can beconnected with the threshingmachine when it is desired to pull thethresher about the stacks as they are threshed. For this purpose thecable is about fifty feet long, and the frame of the winding-reel isconstructed with a supporting-bar, arms in which the reel is mounted andwhich are fixed at right angles to the bar and extending back of it areadapted to be keyed upon the axle, bevelgear mounted in the arms forwinding the reel, and props on the arms for anchoring the engine whenthe winder is being operated to move the thresher to prevent the pullingof the engine toward the thresher.

The accompanying drawings show in Figure 1 the winding attachmentasapplied to the front axle of a traction-engine and the manner ofconnecting it to the thresher. Fig. 2 shows enlarged in perspective thewinder attachment as keyed upon the axle, and Fig. 3 shows an end viewof the winding attachment as applied to the axle.

The frame consists of a bar 1 of a length to be keyed to the front sideof the axle A between the wheels of the engine, and to this bar arefixed at right angles two arms 2 2, the ends of which are forkedextensions 14- back I of the bar 1, adapted to fit over and under theaxle A and to receive in their slotted ends 3 3 wedge-keys 4 4, whichbeing driven down in the slots of the arms at the rear side of the axleclampthe bar firmly thereon. The arms 2 2 project a sufficient distancein front of the supportingbar to receive the shaft 5 of thewinding-reel, which is parallel to the bar, and extending through one ofthe arms has a bevel-gear 6, which is engaged by a bevelpinion 7 on ashaft 8, mounted in the supshown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

porting-bar 1, and in a branch 9 of the arm 2, parallel withthesuppOrtiHg-baP. On the outer end of this gear-shaft Sis fixed aratchet wheel 10, while a crank 11, loose on said shaft, carries aweighted pawl 12, theteeth of the pawl and the ratchetbeing adapted tomaintain engagement while rotating the crank and to permit the pawl tohang down while the reel is being unwound. It will be understood thatthe pawl is weighted at its outer end, as shown in Fig. 2, and that whenthe reel is to be unwound the loose crank is turned so as to hang down,and thereby allow the pawlby its weighted end to fall out of and awayfrom the ratchet-wheel, leaving it free of the crank, which is loose onthe ratchetwheel shaft. The spring shown for maintaining the engagementof the pawl is not essential.

The use of the cable-winder is deemed of great importance for moving thethreshingmachine as the work is being done and to a place of safety incase the stack should by accident he set on fire. It saves much time andlaborand the loss of grain occasioned by the present way in which thethreshing-machine is handledto place it with the stacks as they arethreshed.

In winding the cable to move the threshingmachine toward thetraction-engine the latter would be liable to be moved toward thethresher, and to prevent this props 13 are suitably connected to theouter ends of the reel-supporting arms, whereby the winding attachmentis utilized as the means of anchoring the engine to the ground. Theseprops are preferably hinged or connected to the supporting-arms, so thatwhen not in use they can be turned up upon the arms, as I In Fig. 1 isshown a chain 15, whereby to adjustably connect the winding-cable 16 tothe threshing-machine to suit the belt-driving connection 17.

1. The winding attachment consisting of a supporting-bar, arms fixedthereon having forked ends extending. back of the bar and provided withslots, keys engaging the slots whereby to clamp the forked ends upon acarrier bar, a cable-winding reel mounted in said arms in front of theirsupporting-bar, a

bevel gear fixed at one end of the reel ,a cranks shaft at right anglesto the reel mounted in the supporting-bar and in one of said reelarms, abevel-Wheel on said crank-shaft engaging the reel-gear, a ratchet-Wheelfixed on said crank-shaft, a crank-handle loose on said shaft and aweighted pawl pivoted on said crank for use as stated. I

2. A Winding-reel attachment and in combination with the reel, acarrying-frame therefor consisting of the supporting-bar, arms fixed toand crossing said bar one end of each arm forked and slot-ted, and keysin said forked arms at one side of the supportingbar whereby to clampsaid frame upon a carrier-bar the said arms forming a mounting for thereel at the other side of said support- 2 r amaze WILLIAM A. M. BARTZ.

WVitnesses:

' GEO. SWALLOVV,

HENRY LUBEENs.

